The Official Read this Good Book Thread

[CoolWaterz]

Well, it was a hot topic..so lets get it started:

American Psycho- Bret Easton Ellis

 

[Cown]

Monster - Sanyika Shakur

 

[Hankaveli]

Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
by Jeremy Narby

The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking : How to : Win an Argument, Defend a Case, Recognize a Fallacy, See Through a Deception,
by Nicholas Capaldi

 

[Little Skittle]

catcher in the rye- jd salinger
brave new world- aldous huxley

 

[Salar]

The tibetan book of living and dying -Sogyal Rinpoche is the book i'm reading now.
Tuesdays with Morrie (can't remember the author)
Roots - Alex Haley (fucked me up)
Perfume : The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind (one of my favourite books)
7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen Covey (definately a good self development book)
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (out of this and the infamous davinci book, this was the better book)

That's it for now. I read like crazy these days. I go through about 2 books a week and i can't just read one book at a time. So i've got books lying everywhere in my room. Whatever mood i'm in, i've got a book to keep me entertained. Unfortuantely ever since i started playing the guitar, reading has not been as frequent as it used to be.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

The Autobiography of Malcom X - Malcolm X and Alex Haley , My favourite book so far.

Manchild in a Promised Land - Claude Brown

The Black Panthers Speak - Great Book everything you want to know about the BPP

and

Uprising - Yusef Jah and Sister Shah'Keyah (If you liked Monster you'll like this)

 

[Swollen_Member]

The Truth About Stories by Thomas King. Actually anything by Thomas King is pretty good. He's one of the great Native American authors of the day.

 

[HitEmUp21]

The Autobiography of Malcom X - Malcolm X and Alex Haley , My favourite book so far.

Same.

America's Boy by James Hamilton-Paterson - It is about colonialism in the Philippines focusing on ex-president, Ferdinand Marcos.

 

[Amara]

Jessica - Bryce Courtney (sadest book you'll ever read).
Shanghai Baby - Wei Hui (banned in China, dunno why).
Montaillou - Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (if you like french history).

 

[Glockmatic]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms - one of the best chinese novels (translated to english) around, based on chinese history

 

[-Daniel-]

I just read, Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code and couldn't put it down.

The Tibetan Book of living and Dying: Is a good book till you get to the part where it goes into detail about your senses disintigrating when you die. Uggh!

The imitation of christ, Thomas A Kempis. Good Read.

Buddhism: Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen. I read a lot btw.

Tao of Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee (Watahhhhhhhhh!!!) Yes.

The Black Science - The Ninja Art of Mind Manipulation: (?Author?)

Tupac: Vibe

 

[k69atie]

I just read, Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code and couldn't put it down.
my dad is reading that at the mo, is it good?

 

[-Daniel-]

I just read, Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code and couldn't put it down.
my dad is reading that at the mo, is it good?

Yeah VERY good, like I said I couldnt put it down it was that good. Dan Brown can sure write a story. The mix of fact and fiction is brilliant.

 

[k69atie]

will read if after my dad cheers

 

[Salar]

after you read davinci code read angels and demons. It's the better book out of the two but was always the under dog.

 

[Amara]

No more about the Da Vinci code, pllllease!!! lol. Sure, it's a great read....but there's been so much talk about it....is anyone else just so over it?!?!

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Have you read it?
I havent and I'm interested in what people have to say about it.

 

[Vaudeville]

For all of you people looking to open a business or know somebody that will (like family) read this book: The E Myth .... it will change your views on what your business should be like, trust me it's a smart book

 

[ArtsyGirl]

And anyone getting into the music industry read: All You Need To Know About the Music Industry - Cant remember who its by but my bro read it and said it was great.

 

[Amara]

Have you read it?
I havent and I'm interested in what people have to say about it.

Yeah I read it. It is interesting, it has a good story line, lots of suspense, goes into detail in developing the plot and hey, you can also learn a thing or two about history! It's worth reading, but, lol, I'm so sick of it!